red heart – Something by Vera

FO Friday: Beach Ball Pillow

This week’s featured finished project craves for the summer! Luckily, I live in Hawaii where it’s summer year round. Yay?

For this project, I used a mix of yarn brands (see below) and fluff. This makes a great beginner project or even a scrap buster!

My daughter already claimed this one and the crafter in her wanted to add a face. I didn’t get a photo, but I used black buttons for the eyes and just sewn on a smiley mouth with yarn.

The creation of this also sprouted a new category for the shop!

Yarn: Red Heart Super Saver in Aruba Sea, Red Heart With Love in Aran, and Loops and Threads Impeccable in Bright Sky Blue
Hook: 4.00 mm Odyssey crochet hook by Furls
Pattern: Beach Ball Pillow at Persia Lou
Other materials: polyester fiber filling, yarn needle
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FO Friday: Chained Wreath Ornament

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Here’s a quick FO. I’m also posting it earlier than originally planned because they are almost gone! It took longer to attach the ribbons and magnet than it was to make the actual wreath.

I used a 5.0 mm hook, but any size will do. There’s no gauge. Just keep making a chain until you get about 5 feet. Mine came out to about 3×3 inches.

I made a bunch of these, so they are my shop’s “free gift with purchase” until December 20 or until they are gone! Just want the ornament? You can also order them!

Pattern/Idea from: Tangled Happy
Hook: 5.0 mm Soft Touch crochet hook from Clover USA
Yarn: Red Heart Super Saver in Green Tones.
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FO Friday: Doctor Who Throw

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This time I tried my hand at C2C!

I started this project November of last year! It took me nearly a year to make because of all the ends to weave in and all the color changes!

The plan was originally to make 12 squares, or at least enough to cover one adult. But all the ends made it quite a task if you don’t work them in right away.

This was definitely fun to work. But next time, I’ll need to do my best to not put the project down.

Hook: 4.5 mm Soft Touch crochet hook from Clover USA
Yarn: various worsted weight yarns by Red Heart Yarn and Lion Brand Vanna’s Choice
Pattern: Two Hearts Crochet
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FO Friday: Summer Mosaic Afghan

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This afghan has been completed for a while. But since this was given as a gift, I did not want to risk ruining the surprise by posting too early!

This project had some ups and downs, and some learning experiences. First lesson was when using multiple colors for squares (in this case, hexagons), work by color sections and not one square at a time. Doing so helps break the monotony and makes you feel it is a quick project.

Another lesson is to not put projects down to hibernate for too long. For me, this gives me an excuse to postpone and get lazier and lazier to finish the project. My inner procrastinator comes out too much.

But overall, this turned out to be a great throw!

Pattern by: Julie Yeager
Yarn: Red Heart With Love in Aran; Red Heart Super Saver in Cherry Red, Hot Red; Vanna’s Choice in Scarlet, Brick
Hook: 5.5 mm and 6.00 mm Soft Touch crochet hook from Clover USA

Yarn Haul

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One thing that sucks about being in Hawaii, is the availability of yarn. It can get expensive and/or hard to get. Hobby Lobby for example excludes Hawaii and Alaska in “Free Shipping” promos and even regular rate shipping!

So when deals like what Red Heart had came along, I had to jump on it! This was, if I remember correctly, 20% off your total purchase plus free shipping on orders $50 and above.

This is a brand I use very frequently and had some new colors, so why not? I ordered a few colors I use regularly, some colors that are rarely available locally, and some just because.

It took nearly a month for 9 pounds of yarn to get here, but it’s arrival still made my day!

Now who wouldn’t like to come home to a box full of squishy goodness?!!